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‖ agger|ˈædʒə(r)|
[L. agger, f. agger-ĕre (see aggest).]
A mound; esp. the earthen mound or rampart of a camp, formed by the earth excavated from the ditch; a technical term of Roman Antiquities, extended to similar ancient works.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxix. (1495) 938 Agger is an hepe of stones other a token in the hyghe waye. 1724De Foe, etc. Tour Gt. Brit. (1769) III. 114 Before the Gate is an Agger, said to be the Burying-place of Hengist. 1877L. Jewitt Half-hrs. Eng. Antiq. 16 A circle of somewhat irregular form..surrounded by an agger and ditch. |